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January 11, 2019

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PM Modi will inaugurate the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas on 21st January

The three days long event will attract many eminent persons of Indian origin from the world over.

Minister of state in External Affairs General V K Singh stated that, the first day of the Divas will be dedicated to the youth.

There will be seven sessions in the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas programme.

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated once in every two years to strengthen the engagement of the overseas Indian community with the Government of India and reconnect them with their root

During the Convention, selected overseas Indians are also honored with the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award to recognize their contributions to various fields both in India and abroad

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Uttar Pradesh Capital

Lucknow

CM

Yogi Adithiyanath

Governor

Ram Naik

Cabinet Approves 3 New AIIMSs in Gujarat, Jammu And Kashmir

The Union cabinet has given its approval for establishment of three new AIIMS at Samba in Jammu, Pulwama in Kashmir and Rajkot in Gujarat

These All India Institutes of Medical Sciences will be set up under PradhanMantriSwasthyaSurakshaYojana

The objective is to establish the new AIIMS as Institutions of National Importance for providing quality tertiary healthcare, medical education, nursing education and research in the region,

Establishment of new AIIMS involves creation of Hospital, Teaching Block for medical and nursing courses, residential complex and allied facilities/services,

AIIMS New Delhi is governed by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956

National Informatics Centre Command & Control Centre inaugurated

Minister for Electronics and IT (MeitY) Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurated the National Informatics Centre (NIC)’s Command and Control Centre (CCC).

Prasad also inaugurated the Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (AI) developed by the NIC to help government departments improve efficiency in their service technically like photo verification of beneficiaries for grant of services in large-scale projects, distribution of subsidies etc.

NIC has been offering Data Centre and Cloud services to the Government. Currently, it has 4 National Data Centres and 30 Mini Data Centres across the country hosting over 10,000 e-Governance applications.

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National Informatics Centre

Headquarters

New Delhi

Director General

Neeta Verma

CURRENT AFFAIRS: CABINET APPROVALS

MoU between India and Japan on Development of Advanced Model Single Window.

MoU on Maritime issues between India and Denmark

Signing of the TOR provide tax assistance to Swaziland

Creation of the post of Vice Chancellor for National Rail & Transport Institute set up in Vadodara, Gujarat

Bilateral Swap Arrangement between India and Japan.

MoU between India and France on technical bilateral cooperation in the field of new and renewable energy

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL

First ever India-Central Asia Dialogue to be held in Uzbekistan

The first India-Central Asia Dialogue will be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on January 12 and 13.

The Dialogue will be co-chaired by External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj and the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan, AbdulazizKamilov.

India-Central Asia Dialogue, with the participation of Afghanistan, is expected to strengthen India’s engagement, including political, economic, development partnership and cultural, with all the Central Asian countries and take it to a new level.

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Uzbekistan Capital

Tashkent

Currency

Uzbekistani som

President

Shavkat Mirziyoyev

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Minister External Affairs

Sushma Swaraj

Constituency

Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATION

Venezuela President Maduro sworn in for second term

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in for a second term.

Seventeen Latin American governments, the United States and Canada rejected the legitimacy of Mr.Maduro’s next term

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Venezuela Capital

Caracas

Currency

Venezuelan bolívar.

President

Nicolas Maduro

IWF president named as Chef de Mission for Tokyo Olympics 2020

President of the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF), Birendra Prasad Baishya, has been named Chef de Mission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

It is for the first time that the Weightlifting has been accorded with the honour of Chef de Mission for the Olympics.

The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and commonly known as Tokyo 2020is a forthcoming international multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020.

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International Olympic Committee

President

Thomas Bach

Headquarters

Lausanne, Switzerland

Su Tseng chang appointed as Taiwan Prime Minister

Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen has appointed Su Tseng-chang as Prime Minister, during a Cabinet reshuffle following the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s heavy losses in local elections.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOU

BEE and CPWD signed MOU on promoting energy efficiency in buildings

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for co-operation in building energy efficiency.

BEE and CPWD will cooperate on promoting designs and construction of Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) compliant new buildings,star rating of CPWD managed buildings across the country with no registration or renewal fee, awareness on energy efficiency in building sector and support for capacity building of CPWD officials in ECBC.

In the first stage, approximately 150 buildings will be taken under a star rating scheme to promote energy efficiency in CPWD managed buildings

The Central Public Works Department under Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency is an agency of the Government of India, under the Ministry of Power created in March 2002 under the provisions of the nation’s 2001 Energy Conservation Act.

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Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Minister of State independent charge

Hardeep Singh Puri

Constituency

RajyaSabha (Uttar pradesh)

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Power and New & Renewable Energy

Minister of State independent charge

R.K. Singh

Constituency

Arrah (Bihar)

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SUMMIT AND CONFERENCE

National Consultation on Child Protection’ held in New Delhi

The First ‘National Consultation on Child Protection’ for 2019 was held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi under the Chairmanship of the Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development.

The meeting was organized to follow up on the exercise of monitoring of the CCIs by States/UTs, to deliberate upon various aspects of child protection and to take stock of the efforts made by States/UTs regarding improvements in the Child Care Institutions.

India Ranks 79th, Japan Tops List of Most Powerful Passports

Japan retained its top spot as the world’s most travel-friendly passport due to the document’s access to 190 countries,

The ranking is based on the extensive and exclusive data collected from the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) which maintains the world’s largest and most accurate database of travel information.

Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nepal ranked further low at 104, 102 and 94 respectively